Mildred Henderson

Mildred Henderson obituary, Pontiac, MI

Mildred Henderson

Mildred Henderson Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home - Pontiac on Jul. 7, 2025.

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HENDERSON, Ms. Mildred - age 87, passed away Saturday, June 28, 2025 at Regency of Waterford in Waterford, Michigan. Family hour 10:30AM Friday, July 11, 2025 from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 268 North Perry Street, with the funeral ceremony commencing immediately at 11:00AM. Pastor Terrance J. Gowdy, officiating. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery, 216 University Drive. Friends and pallbearers will assemble 10:30AM at the funeral home Friday. Ms. Henderson will lie instate in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home and maybe viewed between the hours of 12:00PM - 6:00PM Thursday.
Ms. Henderson leaves to cherish her memory: her children, Travis Walker, Victor Henderson and Tina Henderson; grandchildren, LaSheenya Henderson, Kenya Henderson, Malik Walker, Laila Walker. Dewayne Lamar Washington, Jr. and Tony Henderson-Bey, Jr.; great-grandchildren, Samaira, Keiko, Jason and Treasure; siblings, Charles Cannon and Lena Margaret Gravitt; uncle, Benjamin Buckner and Family; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Ms. Henderson was preceded in death by her children, Tony Henderson-Bey, Kimberly Walker and Tammy Henderson; great-grandson, Tony Henderson-Bey, III; mother, Lula Cannon; sisters, Willie Mae Aldridge, Dorothy Mae Green and Mae Helen Watson; and significant other, Charles Lewis "Chick" Walker.

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